Don't forget EverCra^H^H^HQuest. One of the more recent patches, which enabled a player-run marketplace (The Bazaar) caused said zone to be crawling with people.... which causes the graphical lag to be insane.
300+ people in a zone that was probably designed for half that;-)
Question said somethin' about Programming, but I feel I should comment on training in a field we're all familiar with;-)
The company I work for (outsourced Tech Support) is currently working on an plan to consolidate their so-called Level 1 reps to support the company's four "current" solutions... other products are being phased out due to the fact that they are in fact out of date.
The four products in question:
1. A new software-based solution installed on the customer's PC 2. Same as 1, but web-based and thus (mostly) platform independant. 3. An older standalone PC solution which is still quite functional despite its age 4. A newer standalone PC solution
Now, obviously all four would have their own quirks, and such... However, this little plan is being carried out rather quickly, and thus, training is 2 days, approx. 10 hours of actual training. But that's not all - to assist our level 1 we are rolling out a new knowlege base!
Which has made our training... a joke.
2 hours of familiarity. Followed by 8 of Knowlege Base training.
Which has yet to work.
Now onto the meat and bones of this: We're given the opportunity to anonymously "rate" the training in areas such as Instructor's Knowlege of subject, whether the training was well-prepared, and whether or not we feel ready to support the product being trained in... Not as effective as, say a focus group of 1 in every 20 Level 1 agents, but still enough to get an idea of any ideas.
Now, considering that they're thinkin' of upgrade training, obviously that feedback works... provided that there is INDEED something wrong with the training.
If one person has an issue, it could be that person. If ten people have the exact same issue in a training class of 20... well, harder to ignore that.
This is part of the reason I don't watch most Hollywood stuff. EVERY DVD I own to this day has the following:
FBI Warning. A short Studio animation. The Menu.
Now, nearly EVERY DVD I own is an Anime DVD... why don't they put ads on them? Because if you are an anime fan you already KNOW you're gonna buy the rest of the series;-)
I agree. I, and many other websites (including but not limited to the MAME website) have switched over to PNG long ago... only stone-age browsers cannot view them, and even then - there is a plugin available for those ancient things.
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Case 1 costs Spammer/Advertiser little to no money. Case 2 costs Spammer/Advertiser for the printing of the ad plus the cost of placing it. Case 3... See case 2.
And people say that Slashdot is US-centric. I say the whole damn INTERNET is US-centric.
Too many contests are sent to me through e-mail, popup ads, etc. that are US CITIZEN ONLY. I'd love to try to win a free X-Box/PS2/Gamecube/Car/Trip/etc. because even if I can't use it, I can always get rid of it.
Heck, a lot of the special offers are nice, too. Too bad they're US-only.
You'd think the.ca at the end of the e-mail address would tell someone I ain't in the USA - after all, I am Canadian.
It shows up as an ActiveX Control. A site I use frequently, EZBoard, has this form of advertisement.
And yes, people CAN set up their computers to automatically accept these. The newer IEs always ask 'do you want to download or save this' to everything, even though no matter what kind of file it is - zip, rar, exe - I wanna save it, not run it.
It's very annoying, it SHOULD be illegal if it isn't, and it slows some browser/os/pc combinations to a crawl... I'm currently on my work's PC which is a decent system, running NT and IE5, and it is friggin slow.
You'll also note that while the article says 'bar' in a couple sentences, it doesn't imply that this is for alcoholic beverages. I for one would like to see this in some restaraunts, because I've had to practically hunt down the serving staff at a Perkins just to get a refill!
Karaoke sound systems provider Taito Corp said on Tuesday it had teamed up with a U.S. professor and chipmaker Analog Devices Inc on technology that could give even the most tone-deaf crooner perfect pitch.
First Bubble Bobble, then Bust a Move (or Puzzle Bobble to some), now a pitch-perfect Karaoke system... Go Taito!
you're not obligated to report on every single April Fools' link on the web
Actually, they aren't doing posting every one. Obvious proof: My link to the annual DALnet April Fools press release was rejected. Granted, THAT story isn't exactly boring now that I think about it. In any case, this rejection is proof positive that they're not obligated to report, nor have they reported every April Fools' link on the web.
Could be worse. They coulda removed posting altogether.
Slashdot Mirror
I've played drunken DDR at the bar... until they moved the machine to a different location ;-(
Max300 on Maniac? Dude.
;-)
;-)
;-)
I'm still climbing the ladder of DDR
Just passed Healing Vision (4th Mix/Konamix Version - Not the remix from 5th Mix... which is my current goal) and I was completely drained
Bring a bottle of water when ya hit the arcade, you'll be glad ya did
Don't forget EverCra^H^H^HQuest. One of the more recent patches, which enabled a player-run marketplace (The Bazaar) caused said zone to be crawling with people.... which causes the graphical lag to be insane.
;-)
300+ people in a zone that was probably designed for half that
Forgot to mention:
The common issue in all four systems is the luser's lack of ability to RTFM.
Question said somethin' about Programming, but I feel I should comment on training in a field we're all familiar with ;-)
The company I work for (outsourced Tech Support) is currently working on an plan to consolidate their so-called Level 1 reps to support the company's four "current" solutions... other products are being phased out due to the fact that they are in fact out of date.
The four products in question:
1. A new software-based solution installed on the customer's PC
2. Same as 1, but web-based and thus (mostly) platform independant.
3. An older standalone PC solution which is still quite functional despite its age
4. A newer standalone PC solution
Now, obviously all four would have their own quirks, and such... However, this little plan is being carried out rather quickly, and thus, training is 2 days, approx. 10 hours of actual training. But that's not all - to assist our level 1 we are rolling out a new knowlege base!
Which has made our training... a joke.
2 hours of familiarity.
Followed by 8 of Knowlege Base training.
Which has yet to work.
Now onto the meat and bones of this: We're given the opportunity to anonymously "rate" the training in areas such as Instructor's Knowlege of subject, whether the training was well-prepared, and whether or not we feel ready to support the product being trained in... Not as effective as, say a focus group of 1 in every 20 Level 1 agents, but still enough to get an idea of any ideas.
Now, considering that they're thinkin' of upgrade training, obviously that feedback works... provided that there is INDEED something wrong with the training.
If one person has an issue, it could be that person.
If ten people have the exact same issue in a training class of 20... well, harder to ignore that.
This is part of the reason I don't watch most Hollywood stuff. EVERY DVD I own to this day has the following:
;-)
FBI Warning.
A short Studio animation.
The Menu.
Now, nearly EVERY DVD I own is an Anime DVD... why don't they put ads on them? Because if you are an anime fan you already KNOW you're gonna buy the rest of the series
I agree. I, and many other websites (including but not limited to the MAME website) have switched over to PNG long ago... only stone-age browsers cannot view them, and even then - there is a plugin available for those ancient things.
The older post links to a different article.
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Same general idea, though.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/18/124
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As soon as you befriend an alien brain from Dimension X, of course!
Gee, how many times does a 3M product come into the discussion?
;-p) way to keep a system at low temperatures.
This link refers to Liquid Nitrogen-cooled Fluorinert(tm) FC-40 (Link points to 3M's page for this)...
An expensive yet cool (pardon the pun
Hey! Don't be dissin The Handyman's Secret Weapon!
Seriously though, a watercooling solution using duct tape is something that only Red Green would do ^_^
Although Duct Tape is good enough for astronauts... it's policy to have a roll of good ole Duct Tape on space missions...
Yes. Nearly every console loses money. It's the licencing for the software that makes the company money.
Case 1 costs Spammer/Advertiser little to no money.
Case 2 costs Spammer/Advertiser for the printing of the ad plus the cost of placing it.
Case 3... See case 2.
See why it is so easy to get angry about spam?
And people say that Slashdot is US-centric. I say the whole damn INTERNET is US-centric.
.ca at the end of the e-mail address would tell someone I ain't in the USA - after all, I am Canadian.
Too many contests are sent to me through e-mail, popup ads, etc. that are US CITIZEN ONLY. I'd love to try to win a free X-Box/PS2/Gamecube/Car/Trip/etc. because even if I can't use it, I can always get rid of it.
Heck, a lot of the special offers are nice, too. Too bad they're US-only.
You'd think the
And we can't even filter him properly anymore! He's in the (presumably) self-serve ads now! AAGH! GYAAAAAH! NOOOOO~!
No, ladies and gentlemen... "Naked Chef" is NOT pr0n.
Ken? I didn't know you were an AC ^_^
I keep saying - you gotta TELL me these things.
I had this at one point.
If you're running 98 with multi-users, download the two uninstallers and run them on EACH USER.
You'll have to reboot after you run the uninstallers - but you'll be rid of that annoying lop.com takeover software.
Ah, DivX 5 Pro. Comes with "GAIN".
Keep in mind, it didn't exactly sneak on, they're quite open that it will install - unless you grab the normal version.
The Pro version has encoding-only advantages, which most end-users won't use. You either pay $30 or agree to install the adware.
Oh, and renaming the file won't work. If GAIN isn't running, you won't be able to encode with the Pro encoder.
It shows up as an ActiveX Control. A site I use frequently, EZBoard, has this form of advertisement.
And yes, people CAN set up their computers to automatically accept these. The newer IEs always ask 'do you want to download or save this' to everything, even though no matter what kind of file it is - zip, rar, exe - I wanna save it, not run it.
It's very annoying, it SHOULD be illegal if it isn't, and it slows some browser/os/pc combinations to a crawl... I'm currently on my work's PC which is a decent system, running NT and IE5, and it is friggin slow.
You'll also note that while the article says 'bar' in a couple sentences, it doesn't imply that this is for alcoholic beverages. I for one would like to see this in some restaraunts, because I've had to practically hunt down the serving staff at a Perkins just to get a refill!
Considering the fact that most 80s video game makers are in Japan and Japan is big on Karaoke, yes, that statement is correct.
However, Technos Corp. did Double Dragon.
For a list of games by Taito Corp, check out mame.dk
Karaoke sound systems provider Taito Corp said on Tuesday it had teamed up with a U.S. professor and chipmaker Analog Devices Inc on technology that could give even the most tone-deaf crooner perfect pitch.
First Bubble Bobble, then Bust a Move (or Puzzle Bobble to some), now a pitch-perfect Karaoke system... Go Taito!
Maybe now I'll actually sing Karaoke.
you're not obligated to report on every single April Fools' link on the web
Actually, they aren't doing posting every one. Obvious proof: My link to the annual DALnet April Fools press release was rejected. Granted, THAT story isn't exactly boring now that I think about it. In any case, this rejection is proof positive that they're not obligated to report, nor have they reported every April Fools' link on the web.
Could be worse. They coulda removed posting altogether.